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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso must channel the "Miracle of Istanbul", Liverpool's incredible comeback to win the 2005 Champions League final in which he played a key role, to overcome Bayern Munich on Tuesday. ▲ Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is praying for another "Miracle of Istanbul", while Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany and star striker Harry Kane will try their best to hold a 3-0 lead when the two sides meet in their Champions League last 16 second-leg tie on Tuesday. On that day, then Liverpool midfielder Alonso scored the equalizer against AC Milan, as the Reds came from 3-0 down at halftime to draw 3-3, before winning the match on penalties. After Bayern's 3-0 win in Munich in the first leg of the Bundesliga rival's last-16 tie, the deficit is the same for Alonso's charges heading into the return fixture. Leverkusen, the defending German champion, which had not lost to Bayern in six matches under Alonso, capitulated in Munich last week, with the B
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